Henan cuisine is an ancient cuisine that once flourished in the long river of history. It is the origin of the major cuisines in China, and is praised as the "mother dish" of the eight major cuisines by the culinary world. Henan cuisine originated in the Neolithic Age, and its theoretical basis and scale system were formed in the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and reached its peak in the Northern Song Dynasty. After the Southern Song Dynasty, it belonged to local cuisine and became the representative of regional cooking culture. Today's state banquet is dominated by Henan cuisine.
In this paper, sociolinguistics, cultural linguistics, rhetoric and other related theories are used to describe and analyze the pronunciation, grammatical structure, lexical composition and naming motivation of Henan cuisine names, in order to achieve full description and comprehensive explanation. The name of Henan cuisine is a vivid language phenomenon, and its pronunciation and spread cannot be separated from the combination of development sounds.
The syllables of Henan dishes vary in length, with the shortest one and the longest ten. Four syllables account for the largest proportion. Rhythm can deepen people's impression of things, and the good use of the rhythm of Henan cuisine names can increase its expressive force. There are a few compound words and a few single free morphemes in the names of Henan cuisine, most of which are phrases, with diverse grammatical structures and mainly biased structures.
The vocabulary in the name of Henan cuisine is rich and colorful, and its source shows some openness. The names of animals and plants, cooking methods, colors and numbers can all enter the names of Henan cuisine. In the process of self-organization from disorder to order, the names of Henan cuisine are arbitrary to some extent. However, after the naming of Henan cuisine, it is justified and cannot be changed at will.
Namers often use some figures of speech (such as metaphor, analogy, metonymy, etc.). ) to enhance the expression effect of Henan cuisine names, so that these dishes show different styles. The name of Henan cuisine embodies the three beauties of Chinese characters pointed out by Lu Xun-the beauty of meaning, the beauty of sound and the beauty of form. Henan cuisine name is a social language form, which is a reflection of Henan regional culture and China traditional culture in diet.
The name of Henan cuisine is a vivid language phenomenon, which needs the help of language forms to express feelings. The combination of sound and emotion is inseparable from the coordination of sound. Its sound and rhyme are harmonious and pleasing to the ear, which is not only convenient for memory, but also can bring aesthetic enjoyment to food consumers.
The name of the dish is the link between catering enterprises and catering consumers. A good dish name can make catering consumers know the shape, color, taste and cooking techniques of the dish at a glance. This requires the nominator to think carefully about the life system of the dish name. In the process of corpus collection, we found that most of the names of Henan cuisine are phrases, a few are compound words and a few are single free morphemes.